D. Vaughan GRIFFITHS, PhD, DSc, PE, CEng, FICE, D.GE, Dist.M.ASCE
SUMMARY:
D. Vaughan Griffiths's research focuses on finite element analysis and risk assessment in geotechnical engineering.
He is the author of around 400 papers and 3 textbooks that have gone into multiple and foreign language editions.
He is one of the world's most highly cited geotechnical engineering researchers. Griffiths gives regular 1-day
short-courses on risk assessment and finite elements for civil engineering practitioners around the US and internationally.
At the Colorado School of Mines, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Foundation Engineering, Advanced Soil
Mechanics, Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering, Finite Elements for Engineers and Numerical Methods for Engineers.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
D. V. Griffiths (Vaughan Griffiths)
Associate Department Head and Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
1500 Illinois Street
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401,
U.S.A.
Tel: (303)-273-3669
Fax: (303)-273-3413
Office: Coolbaugh Hall CO 252
Email: d.v.griffiths@mines.edu
Home page: www.mines.edu/~vgriffit
EDUCATION:
PROFESSIONAL:
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Distinguished Member of the
American Society of Civil Engineers
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Diplomate, Geotechnical Engineering (D.GE)
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Fellow of the
Institution of Civil Engineers (London)
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P.E.(Colorado), Reg.No. 32895, (Link to Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors)
- British
Chartered Engineer,
C.Eng., Reg. No. 346110
- Board of Direction
ASCE (Region 7), 2010-2013
- President,
ASCE, Colorado Section, 2000-2001
RESEARCH FOCUS:
- Risk assessment and finite element modeling in geotechnical engineering
OTHER AFFILIATIONS:
- Honorary Member of the Senior Common Room,
Magdalen College , Oxford, UK (2019-2025)
- Honorary Professor,
University of Newcastle , NSW, Australia (2021-2023)
- 111 Professor appointment at Chang'an University, Xi'an, Ministry of Education, PRC (2018-2022)
- Partner Investigator (2011-2018),
Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering,
University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
TEACHING:
- CEEN 498/598: Independent Study: Available all semesters. See me for more information.
- CEEN 406/506: Finite Element Methods for Engineers, Spring 2024.
CEEN 406-506
The course can be used as an undergraduate Civil or Mechanical Technical Elective
- CEEN 410/510: Advanced Soil Mechanics, Fall 2023.
CEEN410-510
- CEEN 419/519: Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering, Fall 2023.
CEEN419-519
- CEEN 405/505: Numerical Methods for Engineers, Fall 2024 (provisional)
CEEN 405-505
The course can be used as an undergraduate Civil, Environmental, Mechanical or Electrical Technical Elective
JOURNAL EDITING:
CHAIRING OF CONFERENCES:
INVITED LECTURES:
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Suzanne Lacasse Lecture. Delivered at APSSRA 2016, Shanghai, PRC, May 28-30, 2016
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Keynote Lecture: XV Colombian Geotechnical Congress Cartagena, Colombia, Oct 4-8, 2016
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H. Bolton Seed Medal Lecture. Delivered at Geo-Congress 2017, Orlando, FL, March 13th 2017
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Cross Canada Lecture Tour (11-lectures), April 10th thru April 21st 2017
- San Francisco ASCE Younger Members Forum, June 15th 2017
- Oregon Geo-Institute Chapter, Portland OR, 6th September 2017
- Hawaii Geo-Institute Chapter, November 16th 2017
- Seattle Geo-Institute Chapter, January 25th 2018
- Education Seminar - Risk Assessment and Mitigation in Geotechnical Practice, Orange County Geo-Institute Chapter, Irvine CA , February 9th 2018
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Pittsburgh Geo-Institute Chapter, February 15th 2018
- Central Ohio Geo-Institute Chapter, Columbus OH, April 19th 2018
- Florida West Coast Geo-Institute Chapter, Tampa FL, April 26th 2018
- University of South Florida, Civil and Environmental Eng. Dept., Tampa FL, April 26th 2018
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Invited Panelist at CARe2018HK Conference on Climate Change (26:43), Adaption and Resilience, Hong Kong Oct 27-29, 2018
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Keynote Lecture: EXPOIngenieria World Congress 2018, Medellin, Colombia, Oct 2018
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Keynote Lecture: 1st International Symposium on Rock Mechanics Applications, Hermosillo, Mexico, Nov 2018
- UK Invited Lectures: Imperial College, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of Durham, March-June 2019
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Keynote Lecture: 13th Chinese National Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Conference, Tianjin, July 2019
- Invited Lecture: Chang'an University, Xi'an, July 2019
- Invited Lecture: Hohai University, Nanjing, July 2019
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Keynote Lecture: 4th ACCM, Hobart, Australia, November 2019
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T.H. Wu Distinguished Lecture, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, Feb 26th 2021
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Wilson Tang Lecture, 8th ISGSR Conference, Newcastle NSW, Dec 15th 2022
UPCOMING/RECENT SHORT COURSES AND WORKSHOPS:
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Statistics and Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering - The Fundamentals (1-day)
National Geotechnical Consulting, Brisbane, Australia, Sep 16, 2016.
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Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
XVCCG/IICIERB-ISRM, Cartagena, Colombia, Oct 6, 2016.
- Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (5-days)
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway, May 8-12, 2017.
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Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
Centre for Geotechnical Science and Engineering (CGSE), University of Newcastle, Australia, July 17, 2017.
- Finite Elements in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
Tongji (Jialong Campus), PRC, 7th January 2018.
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Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 6th August, 2018.
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Quantitative Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (1.5-day)
Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, Julio Garavito, Bogota, Colombia, 12/13th October, 2018.
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Quantitative Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
Pells, Sullivan and Meynink, Sydney, Australia, 12th December, 2018.
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Introduction to Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering
Invited Instructor: Workshop on "Rock Mechanics for the Future" held at NE University, Shenyang City, August 2019.
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Field data collection, monitoring, and modelling of large landslides
Invited Instructor: Summer hosted by the State Key Laboratory of Geo-hazard Prevention and Geo-environment Protection SKLGP
at Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT), 2019-2022
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Quantitative Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
Pittsburgh PA, Geo-Institute Chapter, April 12th 2022.
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Quantitative Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
8th ISGSR, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, December 14th 2022.
- Quantitative Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
Perth, Australia for the WA Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS), Aug 2020 (postponed, TBA).
- Slope Stability (1-day)
Three courses in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland for the New Zealand Geotechnical Society, May/June 2020
(postponed, TBA).
- Quantitative Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (1-day)
Durham and Glasgow UK for the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) Oct 2020 (postponed, TBA).
ON-LINE SHORT COURSES:
PUBLICATIONS:
GOOGLE ANALYTICS:
TEXTBOOKS (and associated software):
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"Programming the finite element method"
I.M. Smith, D.V. Griffiths and L. Margetts, 5th ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2014
"Link to programs"
"Programming the finite element method"
I.M. Smith and D.V. Griffiths, 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2004, reprinted 2006,2008
"Link to programs"
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"Numerical methods for engineers",
D.V. Griffiths and I.M. Smith, 2nd ed., Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 2006
"Link to programs"
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"Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering",
Gordon A. Fenton and D.V. Griffiths, John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
"Link to programs"
FE SLOPE STABILITY PROGRAM:
USE OF SOFTWARE IN PROPRIETARY CODES:
OTHER SOFTWARE:
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